Cabane de Clot-Hubert

The place

Given the architecture, it must once have been a sheepfold or something similar. Divided into two compartments, each with its own door. On the right (S) a fairly large room with a barrel-vaulted dry-stone ceiling... this method betrays the probable age of the construction: no later than the 19th century. This is likely where the stable was. Today it is strewn with old tiles, pipes, breeze blocks — in short, all sorts of odds and ends. The door "stays" shut thanks to a piece of string. On the left (N), a room of clearly more recent design (this part seems to have been added to the old sheepfold, or else rebuilt). With: - 8 chairs - 1 table - 1 stove whose right-hand firebox can no longer be closed off, since the circular flap has lost part of its rim... so you need to find a metal plate or goodness knows what (a flat stone), otherwise no stove. - breeze blocks scattered about - 1 axe - a little cut wood. - the west window pane is gone and is covered by a standing sheet of corrugated iron. - the door is held "shut" from the outside by a loop of thick nylon cord, wedged into the surviving hinge pin of an old door. The lack of a broom is sorely felt! There is no sleeping arrangement. Given the slope of the roof, there must be enough space in the loft, which is inaccessible since the ceiling has no opening whatsoever. Plenty of wood around, but not a drop of water in sight unless you go 500 m towards the NW, where there is a stream and a spring according to the IGN map — I have not checked. GSM network: good reception in front of the hut (Orange) Note on the place name Some maps show "Clos-Hubert", others "Clot-Hubert". These do not mean the same thing... - "clos" (from Latin clausus) refers to an enclosed place (which it is not, or no longer is), a fairly general occurrence in France. - "clot" (obscure origin) denotes a flat area or a small depression... which is the case here. The term appears mainly in the Franco-Provençal and Occitan areas. A good unsurfaced forest road leaves from the west of the village (between the hamlets of "les Charles" and "les Martins") and, via moderate slopes, reaches the hut visible on the right. WARNING: from the Cabane Rouge (car park) onward, it is reserved for forestry workers (and if you happen to meet a timber convoy, you're in trouble...) ONF / Commune of Marignac-en-Diois. We are in the St Genix State Forest.